e down-to-earth:
脚踏实地
down to earth:
adj.实际的(实事求是的,合理的)
例句与用法:
1.Clearly,AmEx will be a smaller company in the post-Robinson era.It is likely to sell its Shearson Lehman Brothers division,giving up dreams of becoming a"financial supermarket." Company culture,too,may change,from an aristocratic and bureaucratic empire to a company that is more down to earth.
显然,美国运通在罗宾逊离开以后将成为较小的公司.可能出售它的希尔森·里曼兄弟公司,放弃成为“财务超级市场”的梦想.公司的作风也可能改变－从一个贵族和官僚作风的帝国变成一个较为实事求是的公司.
2.The parachutist floated gently down to earth.
跳伞者轻飘飘地降落到地上.
3.When his money ran out,he came down to earth (with a bump).
他把钱用光时,才（赫然）如梦初醒.
4.That bad failure brought them down to earth with a bump.
那次惨重的失败才使他们猛然知道天高地厚.
